12 bolt setup woes

[makoshark]

I'm curious if anyone has had problems fitting a new yoke onto a new pinion? I'm having trouble getting my Moser yoke to slide down enough on the new Motive pinion. I wonder if I take the pinion and set it up on my press and press on the yoke and pull it back off if that would free it up a bit to get it to slide down further by hand?

[intocarss]

With most new yokes and gears, I have had to use the pinion nut or an arbor press to get them on when new. No they don't slide on by hand at first, Hope this helps

[makoshark]

Using just the pinion nut would cause serious problems considering only 2 threads were engaged and that was without the thick washer. I took care of it though. I used lapping grease and setup the pinion on my press. I pressed on the yoke and pulled it off several times. That, along with the lapping grease, freed it up enough to be able to put on by hand.
Thanks

[intocarss]